Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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straight | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
direct | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
straight (noun) | direct (noun) |
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a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse | |
a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit) | |
a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex |
straight (adjective) | direct (adjective) |
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having no deviations | direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short |
no longer coiled | (of a current) flowing in one direction only |
(of hair) having no waves or curls | straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action |
characterized by honesty and fairness | similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity |
free from curves or angles | in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child |
in keeping with the facts | moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth |
successive (without a break) | lacking compromising or mitigating elements |
rigidly conventional or old-fashioned | in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker |
following a correct or logical method | having no intervening persons, agents, conditions |
without evasion or compromise | being an immediate result or consequence |
erect in posture | |
not homosexual | |
neatly arranged; not disorderly | |
(of an alcoholic drink) without water | |
accurately fitted; level |
straight (verb) | direct (verb) |
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plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | |
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | |
command with authority | |
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction | |
put an address on (an envelope) | |
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | |
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | |
guide the actors in (plays and films) | |
lead, as in the performance of a composition | |
take somebody somewhere | |
cause to go somewhere | |
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | |
govern or manage |
straight (adverb) | direct (adverb) |
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in a straight line; in a direct course | without deviation |
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | |
without deviation |